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Using the handshaking principle,determine the number edges of a graph with fourteen vertices and each with degree six

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Find the sum of all degrees of vertices in the graph:

\sum deg\;v = 6*14=84

By handshaking lemma,

\sum deg\;v = 2 \cdot |E|

Then the number of edges in the graph is

|E| = \frac{{84}}{2} = 42

Answer: 42

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